December 7, 2010
Infants, toddlers, and pre-schoolers: more than half of the 17 million American children who regularly face hunger are under the age 6.
To help support the food security of low-income families of young children, Sesame Workshop launched Food for Thought: Eating Well on a Budget today at a community event at the Capital Area Food Bank in Washington, DC, a member of the Feeding America network.
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Posted by Elizabeth Rowan on December 7, 2010 at 12:25 PM in Hunger in the News
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October 26, 2010
Most people agree that they want children in cafeterias to eat more nutritious food. But at this reporter in the New York Times states, “the food is only nutritious when a child actually eats the food.”
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Posted by Dan Michel on October 26, 2010 at 9:41 AM in Hunger in the News
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September 15, 2010
One of my favorite shows is Top Chef. Being a foodie, I love watching these chef-testants come up with amazing … and sometimes not so amazing … dishes on the fly. Tonight is the finale of the current season in DC and I am very excited to watch.
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Posted by Dan Michel on September 15, 2010 at 2:25 PM in National Initiatives
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July 20, 2010
On the heels of the committee approval of the Child Nutrition Reauthorization bill, National Public Radio features a two-part story on a family struggling to make ends meet.
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Posted by Dan Michel on July 20, 2010 at 2:30 PM in Hunger in the News
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